Brandanus from Schöneich

Brandanus von Schöneich , also Brant , Schöneck (*; † 1507 , ▭ March 4, 1507) was a German jurist, university professor and chancellor of the dukes of Mecklenburg .

Life

Brandanus von Schöneich came from the noble family Schönaich from Niederlausitz . As a Magister and utr. juris bacc. Schöneich was a member of the Meissnian nation at the university . In the winter of 1501–1502 he was rector of the University of Leipzig . After the Chancellor of the Dukes Magnus II. And Balthasar , Antonius Gronewold , died in 1501 and was only represented in this office by Hinrich Boger for a short time , as well as the later Bishop of Ratzeburg, Heinrich Bergmeier , had rejected the chancellorship, Schöneich was already on the 20th July 1502 named as chancellor and clericus (secret secretary) of both dukes. On April 24, 1503, he accompanied Duke Magnus to negotiations in Lübeck with the papal legate Raimund Peraudi because of the contract between the Sten Sture the Elder. Ä. allied six Wendish cities under the leadership of Lübeck and John I of Denmark .

Schöneich received as benefices the cantorate of the collegiate chapter in Rostock , which is connected to the pastorate of the Petrikirche , a prebend at the Schwerin Cathedral and a vicarie in Neustadt-Glewe . In 1503 he became canon at Güstrow Cathedral , with which the benefice of the parish of the Teterow town church was connected.

Thanks to his influence, his cousin Kaspar von Schöneich was taken into the service of Mecklenburg as a diplomat and later his successor as Chancellor. Also Baltzer of Schöneich d. Elder became a canon in Schwerin as a member of the Schöneich family and was still senior of the cathedral chapter there in 1570 . Chancellor Brandanus von Schöneich died in 1507 and was buried on March 4th.

It is thanks to the Schöneichs to have introduced the early New High German (imperial) language in the previously Low German Mecklenburg.

literature

Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : The Canzler Brandanus von Schöneich. In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 23 (1858), pp. 152–153.
Karl Ernst Hermann Krause : Schöneich, Brandanus von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 286 f.
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 8960 .

Web links

Literature about Brandanus von Schöneich in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

↑ Hanserecesse from 1477-1530. Fourth volume, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot 1890, p. 533
^ Paul Steinmann: Popular dialect and written language in Mecklenburg: Adoption of the High German written language in the 15th / 16th. Century (continuation and conclusion to Jahrbuch 100 p. 199/248) In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 101 (1937), p. 157–238, full text ( Memento from September 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Schöneich, Brandanus from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schöneich, Brant von; Schöneck, Brandanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lawyer, Rector of the University of Leipzig and Chancellor of the Dukes of Mecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	October 1507

[1] Hanserecesse from 1477-1530. Fourth volume, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot 1890, p. 533

[2] Paul Steinmann: Popular dialect and written language in Mecklenburg: Adoption of the High German written language in the 15th / 16th. Century (continuation and conclusion to Jahrbuch 100 p. 199/248) In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 101 (1937), p. 157–238, full text ( Memento from September 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive )